ILLINOIS

 POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

January

1972

JOHN

&

LUELLA

WOJCIK

 71-350

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Opinion and Order

 of the Board

 (by Mr.

 Currie).

Mr.

 Mrs. Wojcik filed

 a variance petition asking

permission

 to connect

 a new home

 to the sewers

 in the North

Shore Sanitary District,

 as is forbidden by our

 order of March

31,

 1971,

 in League of Women Voters v.

 North Shore Sanitary

District,

 # 70-7,

 We requested additional information, which was

received

 a letter dated December

14.

 On the Basis of the

petition and supplemental

 letter we dismiss the petition on the

ground that,

 even

if

all allegations were proved,

 the petitioners

would not be entitled to the relief requested.

The allegations make clear

 that in the present case there

is

neither the hardship of those whose present living quarters

are intolerable

 (see McAdams

v.

 EPA,

 #71—113, August

13,

 1971),

nor that

 of those who began construction

 of their home before

 the date of the ban,

as

 in Wachta v.

 EPA,

 #71—77

 (August

5,

 1971).

The case

 is governed by

 such precedents as Monyek

v.

 EPA,

 #71-80

(July 19,

 1971),

 in which we held

 that

 in order to prevent increased

pollution during the period of construction

 of the improved treat-

ment facilities connection variances will

 not be allowed

 in the

absence

 of particular hardship.

 The petition is hereby dismissed.

We note

 the pendency of

 a variance request by

 the District

itself

 (#71-343)

 seeking partial relaxation

 of the connection

ban in recognition of certain interim improvements

 in sewage

treatment.

If

relief

 is granted in that proceeding,

 it may

 inure

to the benefit of the petitioners

 in the present case.

I, Christan Moffett, Clerk of the Pollution Control Board, certify

that the

Board adopted the above Opinion and Order

 this

~

day of January,

 1972 by vote of

~1.

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